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1970 greatest hits album by Ray Charles
The Best of Ray Charles is a compilation album released in 1970 on the
Atlantic Jazz label, featuring previously released instrumental (non-vocal) tracks recorded by
Ray Charles between November 1956 and November 1958.
The instrumental, "Rockhouse" would later be covered, as "Ray's Rockhouse" (1985), by
The Manhattan Transfer with lyrics by
Jon Hendricks .
Track listing
"Hard Times" (Mitchell) – 4:39
"Rockhouse" (Charles) – 3:50
"Sweet Sixteen Bars" (Charles) – 4:04
"
Doodlin' " (
Silver ) – 5:49
"
How Long Blues " (
Carr ) – 9:15
"Blues Waltz" (Charles) – 6:29
Personnel
"Hard Times"
"Rockhouse"
Tenor sax solo by David Newman
Other personnel not mentioned (possibly same as Track 4)
Produced by
Ahmet Ertegun and
Jerry Wexler
"Sweet Sixteen Blues"
"
Doodlin' "
Ray Charles – piano
David Newman – tenor sax
Emmott Dennis – baritone sax
Joseph Bridgewater – trumpet
John Hunt – trumpet
Roosevelt Sheffield - bass
William Peeples – drums
Trumpet solo by John Hunt
Arranger:
Quincy Jones
Recorded on November 26, 1956
Recording engineers:
Earle Brown and
Tom Dowd
Produced by
Nesuhi Ertegun and
Jerry Wexler
"
How Long Blues "
"Blues Waltz"
Ray Charles – piano
Bennie Crawford – baritone sax
David Newman – tenor sax
Lee Harper – trumpet
Marcus Belgrave - trumpet
Edgar Willis – bass
Richie Goldberg – drums
Recorded at the
Newport Jazz Festival , Newport, Rhode Island, on July 5, 1958
Recording engineers: Harold Chapman and
Tom Dowd
Produced by
Nesuhi Ertegun
Other credits
Sleevenotes:
Ralph J. Gleason
Cover photo: Ray Ross
Cover design: Loring Eutemey
Chart positions
Chart (2013)
Peak position
French Albums (
SNEP )
[1]
200
References
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[2007 &cat=a "Lescharts.com – Ray Charles – The Best Of Ray Charles [2007]"]. Hung Medien. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
Studio albums
Atlantic ABC Crossover Columbia Warner Bros. Other labels
Posthumous studio creations Live albums Notable compilations Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singlesOther Billboard Charts #1 singles Grammy Awarded Works (not included above) See also